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PICKLES, William

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington IC
Serial Number DV892
Markings -D
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Batley Cemetery
Grave Reference Sec. F. Grave 141..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 85
Enlistment information
Service Number 109972
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 1474 Flt
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 18-12-1942
End Date 18-12-1942
Takeoff Station Gransden Lodge
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Wireless investigation sortie
Reason for Loss At 1500 hrs the aircraft was seen over Hopton making towards the sea. No trace of the aircraft was found despite an extensive search. Pilot P/O Couper RAAF was found washed ashore on Vejers Beach on 15/2 and was laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery, Esbjerg on 18th February 1943, whilst P/O Pickles was found on 20th December in the sea 7 miles south east of Lowestoft and was laid to rest in Batley cemetery, Yorkshire, England. The bodies of the remaining crew were never found and they are therefore commemorated on the Runnymede memorial.